The Latest & Greatest News About Dining, Shopping, Retail & More In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel!

By Gary Nager

Sorry, This Time, I Got It Wrong On Lee Roy Selmon’s

Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to get confirmation about whether or not MVP Holdings Tampa, the parent company of Lee Roy Selmon’s, has been negotiating on a different piece of property on S.R. 56 than the one we reported in our last issue, but what we do know is that Selmon’s is not coming to that site.Continue reading

The Latest & Greatest News About Dining, Shopping, Retail & More In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel!

By Gary Nager

Sorry, This Time, I Got It Wrong On Lee Roy Selmon’s

Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to get confirmation about whether or not MVP Holdings Tampa, the parent company of Lee Roy Selmon’s, has been negotiating on a different piece of property on S.R. 56 than the one we reported in our last issue, but what we do know is that Selmon’s is not coming to that site.Continue reading

Toast Wine & CafĂ© Is So Much More Than Just A Wine Bar!

By Gary Nager

When local favorites like Ciccio’s Lodge and Lee Roy Selmon’s exited the New Tampa area over the last few months, Toast Wine & CafĂ© (located minutes south of Wesley Chapel in the Oak Ramble Plaza on Bruce B. Downs Blvd., just south of Tampa Palms) co-owner and wine expert Hector Gonzalez already had the idea for transforming Toast from “just” a wine bar that also served some interesting flatbreads, salads and cheese platters, into more of a sit-down restaurant.Continue reading

Toast Wine & CafĂ© Is So Much More Than Just A Wine Bar!

By Gary Nager

When local favorites like Ciccio’s Lodge and Lee Roy Selmon’s exited the New Tampa area over the last few months, Toast Wine & CafĂ© (located minutes south of Wesley Chapel in the Oak Ramble Plaza on Bruce B. Downs Blvd., just south of Tampa Palms) co-owner and wine expert Hector Gonzalez already had the idea for transforming Toast from “just” a wine bar that also served some interesting flatbreads, salads and cheese platters, into more of a sit-down restaurant.Continue reading

Full Circle Pizza’s Great New Lunch Special!

Congratulations to owner Ron Chase of Full Circle Pizza & Grill in New Tampa’s Pebble Creek Collection plaza on BBD for being named our readers’ 2012 Favorite Pizza Place, Favorite New Restaurant, Favorite Sub Shop and #2 Favorite Restaurant in New Tampa. Full Circle also did pretty well on my 2012 favorites list (see pages 44-45 for the complete list).Continue reading